Stella & Rose's Books

A TOLKIEN BESTIARY
Written by David Day. Illustrated by Michael Foreman; Victor Ambrus; Lidia Postma; et al..
Stock no. 1831507
Published by Mitchell Beazley. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A scholarly, definitive and enchantingly beautiful explanation of all the imaginary beasts, monsters, races, nations, deities, fauna and flora of Tolkien's fantasy worlds of Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands. Large format. Beige cloth boards, green title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 287 pages including index. ISBN: 0855331887. Boards clean. Browning to half-title page and blank verso of last index page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear (no loss) to top of spine and also to lower front corner, a small mark to spine, and is lightly scuffed.

ROMAN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Tim Copeland.
Stock no. 1831505
Published by The History Press. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

An examination of the area now known as Gloucestershire in the later Iron Age and Roman periods. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 9780752457833. Reprint. A lovely copy.

PAINTING PLANT PORTRAITS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Written by Keith West. Illustrated by Keith West.
Stock no. 1831504
Published by The Herbert Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author has selectedd twelve interesting and popular plants and shows how to capture their beauty through a series of practical ste0p-by-step instructions. Subjects include the snowdrop, the iris and the poppy. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 187156929X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

UNDER MILK WOOD
Written by Dylan Thomas; Douglas Cleverdon. Illustrated by Ceri Richards.
Stock no. 1831503
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Play for Voices. Edited with an introduction by Douglas Cleverdon. Purple cloth rear board and spine with gilt title. Grey cloth front board with a lilac leaf design. Light grey endpapers. Lilac two-tone lithographs. 93 pages. Sixth printing. Front spine edge slightly dusty else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed with a few marks.

BRANCH LINES AROUND WEYMOUTH FROM ABBOTSBURY, EASTON AND THE QUAY
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 1831502
Published by Middleton Press. 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Yellow pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos and track plans. ISBN: 0906520657. Third reprint. A lovely copy.

FROM TREE TO SEA: THE BUILDING OF A WOODEN STEAM DRIFTER
Written by Ted Frost. Illustrated by Ted Frost.
Stock no. 1831501
Published by Terence Dalton Limited. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

In this book, Ted Frost, who was apprenticed as a shipwright in 1916, tells in detail with the aid of his own incomparable drawings how a wooden fishing boat was built in one particular shipyard at the time he began to learn his trade. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Digitally reprinted from the 1985 edition. xi and 179 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861381098. Light fading to spine and front & rear spine edge. Old price-label to rear cover. Contents clean.

THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENT 1958-2007: 11TH, 39TH, AND 54TH OF FOOT
Written by Trustees Of The Military Museum Of Devon And Dorset.
Stock no. 1831500
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the many and varied achievements of all parts of the Regimental Family - the 1st Battalion, the Territorial Army, the Cadet Forces, the Regimental Associations and their families - during forty-eight momentous years. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 256 pages. ISBN: 9781844155538. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE MEMOIRS OF A MOTORSPORTING CLERGYMAN
Written by Rupert Jones.
Stock no. 1831499
Published by Richard Netherwood Limited. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The memoirs of Rupert Jones, who reached international standing in motor sport whilst following the exacting commitments of a theological student and later a Church of England clergyman. A witty and readable book evocative of a great period in motor sport. Grey cloth boarsd, black title to spine. B/w photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 1872955037. A nice, clean copy. Grey dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SCOTTISH MEDIEVAL CHURCH 1100-1560
Written by Richard Fawcett.
Stock no. 1831498
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first in-depth survey of Scotland's medieval church architecture covers buildings constructed between the early 12th century and the Reformation in 1560. From majestic cathedrals and abbeys to modest parish churches and chapels, Richard Fawcett places the architecture in context by considering the varied sources of ideas that underlay church designs. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w photos. xiii and 456 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300170498. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards bumped giving rise to a light corner cease to contents (minor). Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

STUDIES IN NORTHERN PREHISTORY
Written by P.J. Cherry.
Stock no. 1831497
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Essays in Memory of Clare Fell. Edited by P.J. Cherry. Extra Series: Vol: XXXIII. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour photos. viii and 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1873124449. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. A nice clean copy in pictorial dustwrapper which has a few marks and small 'bubble' of air between laminate and paper center front panel.

EARLY MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS
Written by Ian Fisher.
Stock no. 1831496
Published by The Royal Commission On The Ancient And Historical Monuments Of Scotland. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The results of two extensive surveys, covering over 150 sites from the southernmost islands of Argyll to the most northerly of the Hebrides. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. xiii and 178 pages including index. ISBN: 090390330X. Some light scuffing to boards. Else boards and contents lovely and clean.

THE TRAPRAIN LAW ENVIRONS PROJECT: FIELDWORK AND EXCAVATIONS 2000-2004
Written by Colin Haselgrove.
Stock no. 1831495
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume presents the results of fieldwork on the East Lothian coastal plain in south-east Scotland investigating the nature later prehistoric settlement around the hillfort of Traprain Law. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations and photos. xxvii and 279 pages. ISBN: 9780903903486. A lovely, clean copy.